The Multifamily 5 Podcast

Since founding Millennium Enterprises in 2007, Philip Manoucheri has worked tirelessly as his clients’ advocate, raising over $5 million in new ancillary income for property owners by negotiating service contracts for more than 35,000 apartment units. Prior to founding Millennium Enterprises, Phillip developed and managed an international textile trading company. Later, Philip worked in Operations...

Neal Bawa may not be "real estate royalty" as he puts it, but at the Founder and CEO of Grocapitus, a commercial real estate investment company, he sources, negotiates and acquires properties across the U.S. for 200+ investors. Learn how he stays ahead of the curve and uses technology driven solutions backed by data science to steer his course. You don't wanna miss this insight.

Ann Hambly and Stephanie Whittington of 1st Service Solutions discuss how they're helping investors close more deals, faster. As a broker, I've struggled with ongoing loan assumptions because of all the complexities with multiple stakeholders - 1st Service Solutions "quarterbacks" loan assumptions, so deals get to the finish line with less headaches and at a faster pace. Tune in to learn about loa...

Venkat Avasarala is a co-founder of Raven Multifamily Investments, where he and fellow co-founder (Ramana Korada) own B and C Class multifamily properties. Having recently sold two assets, Venkat provides the top 5 to-do's prior to selling a multifamily property. Please check out Ravenmf.com or e-mail venkat@ravenmultifamily.com for more information.

Katie Anderson is the CEO of SaveWaterCo, a company on a mission to save water at your property so you save money. Katie discusses their value proposition for owners of commercial real estate, their process and timeline when working with owners, and she answers some of the more common questions regarding their product and service. Not only is there an NOI boost for properties you already own, but...

Bailey Avalos with Refuse Specialists, a waste disposal and hauling consulting company. Their main job is to analyze, design and broker waste and hauling programs for your properties. They reduce your expenses and boost your NOI with no up-front cost or risk... it's a no brainer! For more information reach out to Bailey Avalos at bavalos@refusespecialists.com, or check out their website www.refuse...

OPPORTUNITY ZONES - Hot Topic, so hear how investors can benefit and reduce their capital gains tax burden by investing in qualified opportunity zones. Duncan Campbell can be reached via email to answer more questions at duncan.campbell@howard-cpas.com.

Harsh Patel of Xoom Energy focuses on saving investors money by reducing their electricity bill. Listen to hear about Xoom Energy and Harsh's unique approach working with investors, along with a recent case study in the DFW area. For more information, Harsh can be reached at harshacn19@gmail.com.

Yonah Weiss of Madison SPECS can help you increase your cash flow and reduce your tax liability through COST SEGREGATION. Yonah and I dive into the benefits of costs segregation, how tax reform affects cost segregation, how cost segregation affects limited partners (passive investors), and more! To learn more about cost segregation, reach out directly to Yonah on LinkedIn or at yweiss@madisonspecs...

Sean Miller is the President of PointCentral, a leading provider of property automation services to short/long term managers of single and multifamily properties. In our interview, Sean and I discuss what property automation is, how it's a value-add for tenants, and how owners are reducing operational expenses. To learn more about PointCentral's offering and value to owner/operators, visit www.poi...

Ryan serves as the Director of Research and Client Services for Witten Advisors, a multifamily market advisory company. Listen to hear about the current market conditions in the Texas metros, along with future projections, and a description of the services that Witten Advisors provides to their clients. For more information, the best way to contact Ryan is through email at rdavis@wittenadvisors.co...

Shawn Curran, Regional Manager of Rinnai America Corporation is helping investors boost NOI by implementing central and individual tankless gas water heaters into their multifamily properties. Listen to hear about the advantages and disadvantages of tankless systems vs. boilers/individual hot water heaters. Shawn discusses new monitoring technology, as well as warranty and costs. Reach out to Shaw...

Todd Franks, Managing Director of SVN discusses the current state of the multifamily market, what to expect and how investors can position themselves to win deals (from a brokers perspective). We also share some unique value-add strategies that we've witnessed through the years. To get in touch with Todd, email him at todd.franks@svn.com.

Bryan Amos of the Omni Group is the go to multifamily due diligence inspector, but did you know he provides construction management services? Listen to hear why you should hire Bryan to conduct Due Diligence on your properties during your inspection period, as well as manage your rehab. To learn more about Bryan and discuss more about his offering, he can be reached at Bryanamos@theomnigroup.com o...

Nate Busch (CPA), owner of Busch Tax Company dives into two aspects of the new tax reform bill; bonus depreciation and small business deductions. In addition, Nate highlights the most common business owner or investor mistake. To learn more about Nate, Busch Tax Company, or to receive information about his accounting and tax services, visit his website at www.buschtax.com or call 614-600-3777.

Christopher Bailey and Aaron Sloan of Efficient Property Solutions offer construction services and energy consulting for investors. Coming up in the business in investment sales at HFF, they utilized their rolodex to help save investors money while boosting NOI. They consult investors around the country on how to reduce their utility bills and are providing serious value through government grants...

Don Crosby leads the sales efforts for Exponential Property Materials. He specializes in the sale of all necessary materials required to remodel / rehab the interiors of multifamily apartments and rental homes. For an online catalog visit: https://exponential-property-materials.myshopify.com/ or email Don at sales@exppg.com

Lane Kawaoka of Simple Passive Cashflow is a full-time engineer in the Seattle area. Lane shares his real estate investment journey and experiences about how to manage his time with a full-time job and still buy real estate. Also , he discusses his experience joining a local Dallas multifamily mentorship group and how that has prepared him to take on syndication projects.

Michael Becker and his partner Sean Mabarak have scaled from 0 to 5000+ units in just a few years. Michael explains how to solve one of the biggest challenges investors face in today's market - DEAL FLOW. From off-market to fully listed deals, listen to hear how SPI Advisory has scaled to 5000 units, among other trends they're implementing to maximize investor returns.

Jeff McDonnold of Commercial Insurance Solutions (CIS) dives into the current state of habitation insurance; tips for current owners who are planning to hold, sell or refinance; and tips for buyers to get the best deal possible.

Edward Gray works with Sabal Financial who is a seller/servicer of Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program. Listen in to learn about changes to Freddie Mac SBL program and how it differentiates itself from other agency debt. Contact me at mark.allen@svn.com to be connected directly to Edward.

Reed Goosens of RSN Property Group weighs in on how he got started in real estate, how he leverages his international network, and how he's scaled his business to doing deals in multiple markets. Reed can be reached via his website at www.rsnpropertygroup.com

Vic Clark, Managing Director of Hunt Mortgage Group (Dallas), discusses recent trends and updates in the multifamily lending space from a DUS perspective.

Carlos Flores, Mortgage broker with Old Capital Lending out of Dallas-Ft. Worth shares with us what's new in the multifamily landing space, recent case studies, lessons learned and much more!

Kenny Wolfe is a multifamily syndicator based out of Dallas - Ft. Worth who owns nearly 2000 units in TX, OK, CO, and OH. Listen to hear more about Kenny's strategy and how he's achieving success in today's market conditions.